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About Lisa

Lisa Zaffarese NCC, LPC, RPT

Lisa is a National Board Certified Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor. She has been in practice for 5 years at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. She began her career as a therapist in a partial hospitalization program providing group and family therapy services to children ages 7-13. Currently, Lisa is an outpatient therapist, providing individual and family counseling as well as facilitating parenting groups in a therapeutic nursery program.

In addition Lisa, has recieved extensive training in play therapy. Lisa is a Registered Play Therapist. She is an active member of the Association for Play Therapy. As such, Lisa is the treasurer for the New Jersey Chapter of the Association for Play Therapy. She also is a member of the Play Therapy Consortium of New Jersey.

Lisa has also been professor of psychology at Brookdale Community College for 5 years where she teaches human development and introductory psychology courses.

Lisa recently was recognized as 2017 Top Therapists in New Jersey.

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Our Services

Youth and Family Services

Treatments

Oppositional defiance
Disruptive mood dysregulation
Impulse control
ADHD
Adjustment
Divorce
Stress Management
Depression

Play Therapy

Play is the language of children. Play Therapy provides children with the opportunity to express their emotions through actions. Play Therapy interventions are useful when it’s difficult for children to verbally communicate their feelings. Play relieves stress, allows for creativity, it promotes learning, self-confidence and facilitates positive interactions with others. Please visit http://www.a4pt.org for more information.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

CBT focuses on the development of coping strategies to effectively manage negative thoughts & behaviors. Using CBT allows clinicians to praise and encourage clients to utilize coping skills and promote positive thinking to motivate improvement & change. CBT techniques in include mindfulness & behavior modification. Please visit: http://www.nami.org/LearnMore/Treatment/Psychotherapy for more information